Stacy Mitchell has the best command of this subject. She explains how Amazon's ability to match any discount absolutely shreds competitors trying to give you a lower price. To hide these powers from nosy reporters, Amazon shuts off the magic algorithm during holiday shopping season and Prime Day.
Read. Read. Write (not all writing needs to be public). Show up for my community: host dinners, go to graduations, organize picnics, just spend time together in a way that we normally never have time for. Then go home and read.
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My dog does it too: optimistically checks whether the weather in the other door will be better. Or maybe it’s a joke he plays on me and gets me every time.
This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇
I loved the Signature of All Things. Great collection!
You know a real New Yorker by how fast we walk. No time to waste. Love all the joy!
Kindle doesn’t have glare unlike iPad, so it’s not the same reading experience in terms of strain on eyes. Kindle is closer to actual paper book, that’s its whole appeal imho. Kindle is also much lighter than an iPad and so causes less wrist strain (my issue). So not the same.
This book made a huge and lasting impression on me and is a big part of the reason why I dedicated my career to global public health. What a huge loss.
So much personality!! Great shot.
Maternal mortality rates in Romania climbed following tight restrictions on abortion Line chart of estimated maternal mortality (deaths per 100,000 live births) from 1965 to 2010, with two labeled series: "Total maternal mortality" and "Maternal mortality from abortions." A vertical marker near the late 1960s indicates "Abortion restricted" and another at 1990 marks "Abortion relegalized." Both series rise after restrictions, with abortion-related deaths forming the bulk of total by the 1980s (annotation: more than 80 percent of maternal deaths were caused by unsafe abortions). Both series peak in the late 1980s — total roughly 160 to 170 per 100,000 and abortion-related roughly 140 to 150 — then drop sharply immediately after relegalization and continue declining through the 1990s and 2000s to low levels around 20 to 30 per 100,000 by 2010. Note: maternal deaths include deaths during pregnancy (including abortion), childbirth, and in the 42 days afterward.
In 1966, abortion was suddenly restricted for most women in Romania.
In the decades that followed, maternal mortality increased, and by the 1980s, more than 80% of maternal deaths happened as a result of abortion complications.
An absolute dream of a shot. I hope the author submitted for wild life photography pubs or awards.
Pursuit of happiness is why we are here. If these boys & men lived in a pre-social media era, their lives, relationships, and beliefs would be radically different. They live digital lives where nothing is real. And it hurts us all, men, women and kids, if capacity for healthy relationships is lost.
"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world"
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
I just sent my daughter off to her elementary school. I don't have words for the absolute horror of my watching my own government carry out such a monstrous act. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...
28th Mech Brigade of the UGF 🇺🇦:
“Kostiantynivka. Russian forces struck a residential area with phosphorus. Then hit it with a 1.5-ton FAB-1500 bomb.
~2,000 civilians remain in the city. They are also hunted by FPV drones.
The man on the bicycle was clearly a civilian.
This is terror.”
Sometimes it’s ok to forget all the interesting little bits and just enjoy the ride. You will still know more by the end of the read than when you started. Often it’s about widening the horizon, not the small supporting facts encountered along the way.
At #Geneva airport:
A family with 5 small kids and two Philippine nannies in #firstclass. A kid complains to daddy: “but I gave him money!” So strange to hear this from a 6yo.
Advertising for “a collection of 5 homes in unique European locations”. No mention of housing shortage for the rest of us.
Young woman smiles wearing a purple 'Tiko' t-shirt and lanyard. Text reads: When you believe in someone... And watch them change the world.
When you believe in someone and watch them succeed 🧡 Huge congratulations to our partner, Tiko on securing major funding from The Audacious Project. We spotted Tiko's potential early and helped them grow. Now they're ready to reach millions more girls in sub-Saharan Africa 🌍 https://bit.ly/4kRoIR8
This is terrifying. As we get used to outsourcing decision-making to AI in small things and big, we put the whole humanity at risk.
I am ashamed to admit, I used AI to make a couple shopping decisions. Which model of a gadget to choose. Both times I regretted the choice.
Don’t let AI decide.
This is evil.
Winter berries and spring buds. Taken on the same day: one at high alpine altitude the other down in the valley.
#nature #Switzerland #scapes #macro
You there, smart person, come study with me at Harvard Medical School! Our program is so fun! The application deadline is March 13.
The best explanation of what AI is that I have seen.
Since trans athletes were first eligible to compete
at the Olympics over 7,500 medals have been awarded over 12 Olympic Games.
In that time trans women athletes haven't won a single Olympic Medal of any colour not even a solitary team or relay bronze.
youtu.be/B8CzqxhZk7I?...
How many children should suffer for the “sick and twisted agenda”?
You know which other government put children in detention aka concentration camps?
“Never again”, they said and laughed.
Early morning commuter.
Pigeons get a bad rap, but they are incredibly curious, intelligent, and resilient creatures surviving in harsh urban contexts.
And yet, they raise their young, play and make the best of it. They are very social, monogamous, and show grief when one of theirs dies.
